Competition Commission And Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Ltd; BNP Paribas; JP Morgan Chase and Co; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd; Standard New York Securities Inc.; Investec Ltd; Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd; Nomura International PLC; Standard Charted Bank; Credit Suisse Group; Commerzbank AG; Macquaire Bank Ltd; HSBC Bank PLC; Citibank N.A; ABSA Bank Ltd; Barclays Capital Inc; Barclays Bank PLC; HSBC Bank USA, National Association Inc; Merrill Lynch Peirce Fenner and Smith Inc; Bank of America, N.A; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Case number: CR212Feb17/OTH270Jan18

Case parties:

Applicant: Competition Commission Respondent: Barclays Bank PLC (Eighteenth) Respondent: Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (Eighth) Respondent: Credit Suisse Group (Eleventh) Respondent: Citibank N.A (Fifteenth) Respondent: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (Fifth) Respondent: Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Ltd (First) Respondent: HSBC Bank PLC (Fourteenth) Respondent: JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A (Fourth) Respondent: HSBC Bank USA, National Association Inc. (Nineteenth) Respondent: Nomura International PLC (Ninth) Respondent: BNP Paribas (Second) Respondent: Barclays Capital Inc. (Seventeenth) Respondent: Investec Limited (Seventh) Respondent: ABSA Bank Ltd (Sixteenth) Respondent: Standard New York Securities Inc. (Sixth) Respondent: Standard Charted Bank (Tenth) Respondent: JP Morgan Chase and Co (Third) Respondent: Macquaire Bank Ltd (Thirteenth) Respondent: Commerzbank AG (Twelfth) Respondent: Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith Inc. (Twentieth) Respondent: Bank of America, N.A. (Twenty-First) Respondent: Investec Bank Limited (Twenty-Second) Respondent: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Twenty-Third)

Case type: Interlocutory Application
Procedural matter: Other Procedural Matter
Case status: Reasons Issued
Outcome: Partly Granted
Order date: 2019-06-12
Sector: Financial and insurance activities
Industry: Security and commodity contracts brokerage
Relevant market: Market for spot trades in relation to USD/ZAR pair trading

Case Files

Reasons for Decision (Various Interlocutory 2019)	1,8MB
Reasons for Decision (Various Interlocutory 2019) (Unsigned Version)	962,6KB
2019-06-12-BanksForexPreTrialMatter-MediaRelease.html	67KB